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Overview
Group initiative nearly 3 years old though company CSR activities and trusts work predates this initiative
Tata Steel tribal welfare/Tata Coffee staffing Trusts touch 3 million SC/ST population
Context
Starting point: PM call at 2006 CII session for voluntary AA by Industry to ward off legislation Today: No visible threat of legislation in this Congress-led government but Nationally, renewed focus on tribal well-being in context of land acquisition agitations and Maoistled insurgency Real reasons for AA remain: Inclusive growth and right thing to do Last 12 months have been tough for business
Three years of AA
Of 56 Tata companies, 47 have active agendas on four Es Slides following provide an overview of best practices among companies
EMPLOYMENT
Employment
Employee data from 49 companies Mostly as of Sep 30 2009 Total employees: 245,342 Total SC+ST employees: 20,714 (8.4%) Did not declare: 50,517 (20.5%)
Steel 2,588, NDPL 675, IHCL 565, TBSS 522, Tata AutoComp+ 519, Chemicals 454*, Trent 390
Coffee 7,444*, Steel 2,860, TACO+ 155, Ref. 148
Employment
GCC-sanctioned AA policy: Positive discrimination, merit being equal Companies most engaged with AA have:
Embedded spirit of positive discrimination into recruitment policies Incentivized recruiters to boost SC/ST numbers Made voluntary quantified commitment to increase numbers at recruitment and even promotions
246 last February/487 this Sept Employing youth in large numbers from NGOs trained in retail trade by Trent
Tata Chemicals: Employment for 84 SC/ST youth at Rural BPOs through Uday Foundation
Employment
Tata Business Support Services Increase from 374 in September 08 to 522 a year later through opening 6 BPOs in non-metros in partnership with:
Tata Power Khopoli Tata Steel Jamshedpur Tata Chemicals Mithapur and Babrala Also at Munnar with Kannan Devan and in Ethakota with Byraju Foundation
Employment
Tata Ryerson Induction after training with contractor: 15 taken last year, 15 in training 5 ITI-pass candidates taken in for customized training for Pantnagar Providing 18 youth employment with contractors after training as ambulance drivers, first aid assistants
Employment
Tata Capital 5 of 28 GTs recruited (18%) are from the SC/ST communities Offered placement consultants a preferential rate of 3% extra for placing SC/ST candidates Employed over 10% employees from SC/ST communities for Housekeeping & Security Department
Employment
TTSL initiatives:
Campus recruitment: 66 in last two years Recruitment at entry level Preference at COCO outlets
NDPL initiatives:
5% relaxation for SC/ST candidates at recruitment Preference for SC/ST candidates in departmental competitive examinations
Employment
Tata Refractories:
Selection criteria relaxed for SC/ST candidates in recruitment of fresh Graduate Engineers / Diploma Engineers / ITI pass etc. Relaxation in minimum marks and height requirement for eligibility for interview: but no relaxation in merit criteria for selection Of 11 SC/ST candidates recruited this year, 6 were beneficiaries of this relaxation
Employment
Tata Power: Steady accretion in officer ranks through trainees from campus recruitment:
Tata Motors: 30 trainees from Sakwar training school employed with dealers Titan: Tie-up with CAP Foundation to train youth: first batch joined this year
Employment
TCE: 700 trainees from campuses for FY 10 of which 40 SC/ST Tata Sky: 23 candidates recruited either on rolls or in third party from ITIs
Employment
Challenges More companies weaving AA into growth strategy Implementing spirit of positive discrimination Incentivizing recruitment Addressing asymmetry of information through website
EMPLOYABILITY
Employability
Tata Motors Nine 2 Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Karnataka, 2 Uttarakhand, (Already operational) Delhi & Gujarat (Under consideration) Tata International Tonkhurd, MP, near Dewas Tata Power -- Two, in Thane & Mulund NDPL- Dr CV Raman ITI in Delhi Tata Chemicals Dwarka Indian Hotels Three ongoing -- in Delhi, Sindhudurg & Hassan; three on the anvil Tata Steel Gopalpur and two others proposed Tata Metaliks Rangamati and Jhargram
Employability
Tata Refractories
Self Employment Skill Development Institute (SESDI) set up April 09 (Cost Rs. 1.6 Cr) for vocational training in in-demand trades like Masonry, Carpentry, Bar Bending, Plumbing, House Wiring & Motor Rewinding, Welding, TV & Electronics repairing, Mobile repairing etc. Residential course entirely free 95 trained till date, 47 SC/ST
Employability
Tata Steel:
6-month course for entry into trade apprentice schemes in various companies
212 women trained since 2004; 50 employed 10 best CHP trainees trained for one year more to become Operation Theatre assistants
Employability
Tata Steel: Nurses training at XITE to prepare for admission into nursing
Employability
JUSCO: Training school drop-outs in association with CAP Foundation for careers in five trades: IT-enabled services, Hospitality Management, Customer Relations and Sales, Automobile Maintenance and White Goods Services
Total trainees 823; SC/ST 221 (26%) Eight batches completed till date
Employability
Tinplate vocational training initiatives: 11 students in CNC at RD Tata Institute 16 students in plumbing at Sarojini Technical Institute One year training for 181 ITI candidates Midwifery training for tribal women Training for tribal women at Salboni Village
Employability
Tata Sponge Training for Fitter, Welder, Mechanical & wiremen trade for 7 SC/ST students 6-month tailoring classes Sponsorship for two-year course in Electrician trade for 4 ST students at three nearby ITIs
Employability
Trent:
One-year diploma customized course in retail management for graduates at Mumbai University (Garware Institute)
Ist batch; 67/18 SC-ST, all employed 2nd batch; 60/ 10 SC-ST, all employed 3rd batch: 25/7 SC-ST
Pact with 6 major NGOs --Don Bosco, Kherwadi Social Welfare Association, Dr. Reddys Foundation, Yuva Pratisthan, Aarambh and Kotak Labs -- to train 200 underprivileged youth in Retail Operations
Employability
Tata Chemicals:
Babrala unit recognised as training provider by DGET; has trained 236 youth in 5 trades Training 550 SC/ST youth to man rural BPO expansion in Mithapur & Babrala
Tata Projects: Training to create welders and fitters: 261 trained in last three years Tata Communications: Skill training in ITrelated fields for 105 SC/ST youth
Employability
85 trained in three batches since 2007 Also: Setting up 3 training schools for operators and mechanics at units
Tata International: Over 200 SC/ST trade apprentices in last two years
Employability
TCS: 57 trained in three batches in Skill Development Programme in partnership with CII in Kolkata Indian Hotels: Taj-Pratham tie-up for Hotel
Operations Training Center set up in Khultabad, near Aurangabad (SC/ST pop. 35%)
160 youth to be trained per year, currently 40 youth in training One batch of 20 students has passed out and is placed in various western region Taj hotels
Employability
Advinus: To address quality gap, has started a Finishing School for life sciences graduates. 25 students (5 SC) being trained for 6 months. Mjunction: Ejunction to spread computer and internet literacy
13 batches since March 07 580 trained, including 81 SC/ST youth 14% SC/ST against target of 25%
Employability
Challenges Increase SC/ST numbers within vocational training programmes Scale up numbers and trades Synergise company initiatives Aggregate numbers and spend Monitor and improve placement
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Training
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vendors included in vendors list Of 4, one showed interest and met basic requirements and has been given order trained over two years
neighbourhood electricians
Entrepreneurship
Batches of 30 each in courses held in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Nashik, Surat & Lonavla Of 161 candidates who have completed training, 58 have already started their own ventures Among candidates in first three modules, ~60% are already entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Tata Chemicals 224 SC candidates trained in year-long training in Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme on trades like creating leather and Rexene bags, making soft toys, paper items and lamination
100 trained in making Rexene bags; 50 created cluster fund from stipend to create TCSRD-REDPs first business enterprise named Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar Cluster and got its first order for 1700 school bags
Entrepreneurship
Tata Sponge 2 SC/ST entrepreneurs nurtured through
contracts since April 07
Both partnerships one with 4 ST members and other with 2 SC members Now getting orders from other industrial units 1 more entrepreneur being developed
SHG for farming with power tiller SHG for supplying notebooks Training for income-generating schemes in pisciculture, soap-making etc
Entrepreneurship
TTSL: Objective: 200 SC/ST PCO owners per year, starting 2008
Tata International: Support for 120 women SHGs for training on SOW (Stitch on Wood)/Leather Articles and Leather Footwear Components to make them self employed TTML: 18 youth provided with PCO booths Voltas: 7 SC/ST youth trained as entrepreneurs in house-keeping/gardening
Entrepreneurship
Tinplate: Two ex-employees made into vendors; Trust set up to create ST makers of brick from fly ash
EDUCATION
150 scholarships from 32 Group companies for college-level scholarships administered by Foundation for Academic Access and Excellence (FAEA)
10 each: TTSL, NDPL, TACO+, Tata Tea 5 each: Tata Power, TCS, Tata Sky, Tata Projects and TAL Started with 100 last year; increased to 150 this year when corpus was found in surplus
Education
34 companies have 2,000+ scholarships for SC/ST students at school/college level Tata Steel: Scholarships for ~600 SC/ST students in 4 categories
Also 100% scholarship for SC/ST employees children studying in in IIT Trainees in Archery and other sports
Education
NDPL initiatives
Scholarships of Rs 25,000 p.a. for students of Delhi College of Engineering Scholarships for Rs 2,600 p.a. for students at four ITIs Supporting 150+ SC/ST students in government schools with books, career counselling etc
Education
Tata Chemicals: 100 scholarships for SC girls from villages around Mithapur for courses in SNDT University, Mumbai TTSL: Several initiatives including:
6 scholarships of Rs 75,000 per annum for students at Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management 1 scholarship of Rs 25,000 pa for student at National Law College, Bhopal
Education
Sponsorship of fees for teachers taking special classes for SC/ST students Support for students studying engineering, computer science
TTSL (M): 8 scholarships worth Rs.10,000 per SC/ST student of B.E. (Electronics & Telecommunication) course
Greater need for appreciating why AA needs to be done in companies own longterm interest of sustained (inclusive) growth
Evolve system of recognition for companies demonstrating leadership Greater traction by companies in translating the GCCs AA Policy into actual practices in recruitment and in appointing vendors/suppliers
Leverage Chairmans views on voluntary commitment to sourcing certain percentage of products and services from SC/ST-owned companies, on lines of US AA practices Overall: Robust start within Group but long way to go